Improved carpet-fastener



WILLIS WEAVER,

OF SALEM, OHIO.

IM PROVED CARPET-FASTENER.v

I Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59.298. dated October30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIS WEAVER, of Salem, in the county of Columbianaand State of Ollio, have invented a new and Improved Carpet-Fastener;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, Which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my improvement appliedto a carpet and oor. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

rlhe object of this improvement is to provide a simple and cheap devicefor fastening down carpets and other coverings.

This fastener is composed of wire so made as to have an eye in frontandone or more sharp hooksbehind the eye. The hooks enter the carpet andserve to attach the fastener thereto, while the eye is intended to catchover a pin in the ioor and hold the carpet.

In practical use these fasteners are attached at suitable distancesapart to the edges ofthe carpet, and the eyes catch over pins Which aredriven into the floor at distances corresponding to the fasteners alongthe base-boards of the apartment.

My improvement is not only applicable to carpets, but to alldescriptions of coverings.

Referring to the drawings, A is my improved carpet-fastener, of whichais the eye and b the hooks thereof. The hooks b are sharpened, so asreadily to enter the carpet E or other material With which the hookscombine, in the manner shown in Fig. 3. G are the pins driven into thetloor D, said pins being made to receive and hold the eyes a in themanner shown.

l do not limit myself to any special form of pin or holder for the eyes,nor to any particular position of the pin as to location, for they maybe placed Wherever it is most convenient or most suitable to the Iiooror other surface to be covered or material to be stretched.

Havin g thus described my invention, I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, as an improved article of manufacture- Thecarpet-fastener consisting of a Wire with hooked ends b and bent orturned at the middle to form eyes a, as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIS WEAVER.

Witnesses:

MARTHA STANTON, T. OORWIN MENDENHALL.

